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Theory of the Black Cat Which Must Be Named
Since bringing him inside, I believe I've learned how "Mariah" came to
live in our yard. I'm thinking that a mother and/or father decided to give little daughter/son a kitten as a gift. (He's been hanging out at our house for several months so this wasn't a christmas gift). They found this beautiful, long haired, black kitten that is just right. Perhaps the shelter/adoption group put a blue ribbon around his neck. He snuggled their finger and hand some and they fell in love. They took their new baby home. The first problem here is that their new baby is less than 100% socialized. He runs whenever anyone walks into the room. Secondly, he is a young cat. He loves to play and will attack anything that moves in his vicinity. I can show you bloody toes that attest to this point. He has very, very sharp claws and teeth and becomes over stimulated easily. When over stimulated he will try to bite the hand that wants to touch him. (He does have excellent litterbox behavior) So now we have what was to be a cute little kitten to play with and sleep in Janie's bed at night. Instead we have a barely socialized, lively, playful kitten with all the required pointy parts and he's not so much fun to play with. He doesn't want to be dressed in doll clothes and expected to lie quietly in a doll carriage. After scratching (or possibly biting) little offspring the parents decide that this new cat should be an outdoor pet. They'll feed him and give him clean water (as long as they remember), but he doesn't get the love and the human attention that he craves so he goes walkabout to find someone who will give him attention. He found the hidden signs that we've been searching for that directs strays to our yard and there he found someone to give him food, clean water and finally to bring him inside and give him his own room where he can play and become socialized. Well, that's my theory and I'm sticking to it. The Ambien has kicked in now so I'm off to bed. I'll catch up in the morning. Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey and Sam...and He Who Lacks a Name |
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Imp is like that. He gets stimulated when you scratch him to the point
where the turns into a hand trap. When I adopted him when he was 5 months old, my hands got shredded. He still does that, but not as hard thank goodness. Interesting theory BTW about He Who Lacks a Name. Kristi |
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:31:43 -0500, Julie Cook wrote:
Since bringing him inside, I believe I've learned how "Mariah" came to live in our yard. I'm thinking that a mother and/or father decided to give little daughter/son a kitten as a gift. (He's been hanging out at our house for several months so this wasn't a christmas gift). They found this beautiful, long haired, black kitten that is just right. Perhaps the shelter/adoption group put a blue ribbon around his neck. He snuggled their finger and hand some and they fell in love. They took their new baby home. The first problem here is that their new baby is less than 100% socialized. He runs whenever anyone walks into the room. Secondly, he is a young cat. He loves to play and will attack anything that moves in his vicinity. I can show you bloody toes that attest to this point. He has very, very sharp claws and teeth and becomes over stimulated easily. When over stimulated he will try to bite the hand that wants to touch him. (He does have excellent litterbox behavior) So now we have what was to be a cute little kitten to play with and sleep in Janie's bed at night. Instead we have a barely socialized, lively, playful kitten with all the required pointy parts and he's not so much fun to play with. He doesn't want to be dressed in doll clothes and expected to lie quietly in a doll carriage. After scratching (or possibly biting) little offspring the parents decide that this new cat should be an outdoor pet. They'll feed him and give him clean water (as long as they remember), but he doesn't get the love and the human attention that he craves so he goes walkabout to find someone who will give him attention. He found the hidden signs that we've been searching for that directs strays to our yard and there he found someone to give him food, clean water and finally to bring him inside and give him his own room where he can play and become socialized. Well, that's my theory and I'm sticking to it. The Ambien has kicked in now so I'm off to bed. I'll catch up in the morning. Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey and Sam...and He Who Lacks a Name "GEE WHIZ'???? |
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I got Wilson when he was 5 weeks old, feral and extremely scared,
He also had my hands and arms a mass of scratches and bites, he still does nip and scratch but nothing like he did, but he's still scared. I know this cat loves me, he follows me everywhere,If I sit on my chair, he jumps on the little table in front of it if I go into the B-room he sits in the bath till i've finished myworksame with every room, yet he doesn't like being picked up,he sits on the bench watching me in the kitchen, on my bed if I go for an afternoon rest and all night, so I know he doesn't scratch and bite from aggression, he just thinks this is how you should play Jean.P. Mischief wrote in message ups.com... Imp is like that. He gets stimulated when you scratch him to the point where the turns into a hand trap. When I adopted him when he was 5 months old, my hands got shredded. He still does that, but not as hard thank goodness. Interesting theory BTW about He Who Lacks a Name. Kristi |
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Theory of the Black Cat Which Must Be Named
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:25:44 +0000, mlbriggs wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:31:43 -0500, Julie Cook wrote: Since bringing him inside, I believe I've learned how "Mariah" came to live in our yard. I'm thinking that a mother and/or father decided to give little daughter/son a kitten as a gift. (He's been hanging out at our house for several months so this wasn't a christmas gift). They found this beautiful, long haired, black kitten that is just right. Perhaps the shelter/adoption group put a blue ribbon around his neck. He snuggled their finger and hand some and they fell in love. They took their new baby home. The first problem here is that their new baby is less than 100% socialized. He runs whenever anyone walks into the room. Secondly, he is a young cat. He loves to play and will attack anything that moves in his vicinity. I can show you bloody toes that attest to this point. He has very, very sharp claws and teeth and becomes over stimulated easily. When over stimulated he will try to bite the hand that wants to touch him. (He does have excellent litterbox behavior) So now we have what was to be a cute little kitten to play with and sleep in Janie's bed at night. Instead we have a barely socialized, lively, playful kitten with all the required pointy parts and he's not so much fun to play with. He doesn't want to be dressed in doll clothes and expected to lie quietly in a doll carriage. After scratching (or possibly biting) little offspring the parents decide that this new cat should be an outdoor pet. They'll feed him and give him clean water (as long as they remember), but he doesn't get the love and the human attention that he craves so he goes walkabout to find someone who will give him attention. He found the hidden signs that we've been searching for that directs strays to our yard and there he found someone to give him food, clean water and finally to bring him inside and give him his own room where he can play and become socialized. Well, that's my theory and I'm sticking to it. The Ambien has kicked in now so I'm off to bed. I'll catch up in the morning. Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey and Sam...and He Who Lacks a Name "GEE WHIZ'???? I am wondering why these posts popped up now. They were written quite some time ago. I have said before that my computer hates me. MLB |
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Theory of the Black Cat Which Must Be Named
"mlbriggs" wrote in message news On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:25:44 +0000, mlbriggs wrote: On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:31:43 -0500, Julie Cook wrote: Since bringing him inside, I believe I've learned how "Mariah" came to live in our yard. I'm thinking that a mother and/or father decided to give little daughter/son a kitten as a gift. (He's been hanging out at our house for several months so this wasn't a christmas gift). They found this beautiful, long haired, black kitten that is just right. Perhaps the shelter/adoption group put a blue ribbon around his neck. He snuggled their finger and hand some and they fell in love. They took their new baby home. The first problem here is that their new baby is less than 100% socialized. He runs whenever anyone walks into the room. Secondly, he is a young cat. He loves to play and will attack anything that moves in his vicinity. I can show you bloody toes that attest to this point. He has very, very sharp claws and teeth and becomes over stimulated easily. When over stimulated he will try to bite the hand that wants to touch him. (He does have excellent litterbox behavior) So now we have what was to be a cute little kitten to play with and sleep in Janie's bed at night. Instead we have a barely socialized, lively, playful kitten with all the required pointy parts and he's not so much fun to play with. He doesn't want to be dressed in doll clothes and expected to lie quietly in a doll carriage. After scratching (or possibly biting) little offspring the parents decide that this new cat should be an outdoor pet. They'll feed him and give him clean water (as long as they remember), but he doesn't get the love and the human attention that he craves so he goes walkabout to find someone who will give him attention. He found the hidden signs that we've been searching for that directs strays to our yard and there he found someone to give him food, clean water and finally to bring him inside and give him his own room where he can play and become socialized. Well, that's my theory and I'm sticking to it. The Ambien has kicked in now so I'm off to bed. I'll catch up in the morning. Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey and Sam...and He Who Lacks a Name "GEE WHIZ'???? I am wondering why these posts popped up now. They were written quite some time ago. I have said before that my computer hates me. MLB LOL! It isn't possible for your computer to hate you, it's a machine. It looks to me like it isn't your computer at all, but your newsreader. You might try a different one and see if that stops this annoying thing where your posts send themselves months later. Tweed |
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Theory of the Black Cat Which Must Be Named
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:18:26 +0000, Christina Websell wrote:
"mlbriggs" wrote in message news On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:25:44 +0000, mlbriggs wrote: On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:31:43 -0500, Julie Cook wrote: Since bringing him inside, I believe I've learned how "Mariah" came to live in our yard. I'm thinking that a mother and/or father decided to give little daughter/son a kitten as a gift. (He's been hanging out at our house for several months so this wasn't a christmas gift). They found this beautiful, long haired, black kitten that is just right. Perhaps the shelter/adoption group put a blue ribbon around his neck. He snuggled their finger and hand some and they fell in love. They took their new baby home. The first problem here is that their new baby is less than 100% socialized. He runs whenever anyone walks into the room. Secondly, he is a young cat. He loves to play and will attack anything that moves in his vicinity. I can show you bloody toes that attest to this point. He has very, very sharp claws and teeth and becomes over stimulated easily. When over stimulated he will try to bite the hand that wants to touch him. (He does have excellent litterbox behavior) So now we have what was to be a cute little kitten to play with and sleep in Janie's bed at night. Instead we have a barely socialized, lively, playful kitten with all the required pointy parts and he's not so much fun to play with. He doesn't want to be dressed in doll clothes and expected to lie quietly in a doll carriage. After scratching (or possibly biting) little offspring the parents decide that this new cat should be an outdoor pet. They'll feed him and give him clean water (as long as they remember), but he doesn't get the love and the human attention that he craves so he goes walkabout to find someone who will give him attention. He found the hidden signs that we've been searching for that directs strays to our yard and there he found someone to give him food, clean water and finally to bring him inside and give him his own room where he can play and become socialized. Well, that's my theory and I'm sticking to it. The Ambien has kicked in now so I'm off to bed. I'll catch up in the morning. Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey and Sam...and He Who Lacks a Name "GEE WHIZ'???? I am wondering why these posts popped up now. They were written quite some time ago. I have said before that my computer hates me. MLB LOL! It isn't possible for your computer to hate you, it's a machine. It looks to me like it isn't your computer at all, but your newsreader. You might try a different one and see if that stops this annoying thing where your posts send themselves months later. Tweed Next time my son has time to devote to me, I'll ask him,. It just doesn't work over the telephone. He, incidentally, is a computer engineer but his expertise didn't come from his mother. Thanks. MLB |
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